Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2108, to imitate the imperial examination system of Ming Dynasty

"Your Majesty, the unity of the Ming Empire is not only the unity of the administrative territory, but also the unity of culture and economy, especially the unity of culture. This is an important reason why the Eastern World has always been able to remain strong."

"The history of the East has not been smooth sailing, and there have been many disasters in history. Among other things, they were still ruled by the Mongols more than a hundred years ago, but the cultural unity made the East People can be reborn from the ashes of many catastrophes, and become stronger again."

"The reason why our Europe is divided and scattered is largely due to cultural disunity. The combined area of ​​Europe is about the same size as the mainland of Ming Dynasty, but the whole of Europe is very scattered. There are countless states, large and small. There are so many different languages.”

"Like Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Latin, English, German, etc., although our languages ​​and characters have great similarities, they are not a unified language and characters after all."

"This largely determines that the division and dispersion of our Europe is inevitable, while unification is unpopular and only short-lived."

In the Spanish royal palace, Alfred was analyzing the differences between East and West to Charles V in detail.

"I see."

After hearing this, Charles V also nodded.

"So Your Majesty, from now on, we must first establish Spanish as the only language and script of our Spanish Empire. Everyone in the territory of our Spanish Empire must use Spanish and scripts, and prohibit the use of second languages ​​and scripts." use."

"Books and carriages are on the same track. Orientals have established such a system as early as the Qin Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, laying the foundation and pattern for the unification of the East."

"In Daming, although the pronunciations of people in different places are different, even very different, but because of the unity of the characters, they can always be firmly unified."

"Even the vassal states of the Ming Empire, Korea, Japan, Siam, Luzon, etc. are now using the language and characters of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the Ming Dynasty do not need to bring any translators or translators to go to any place in the East. exchange for any currency."

"Because the written language, currency, etc. of the Ming Empire are widely used in the entire Eastern world, this has a huge effect on their economic and cultural development."

Alfred continued.

"So that's the case, then the vassal states of Japan and North Korea are willing to give up their own language and writing?"

After listening to it, Charles V thought about it and asked.

"Although North Korea and Japan have their own languages, they don't have their own characters. They have always used Ming characters, which are square characters."

"In North Korea and Japan, those who can speak Ming dialect and write Ming characters are people with status and status. For them, it is an honor and privilege to use the language and characters of Ming Dynasty."

Afred explained in detail.

"In this case, we must first unify our Spanish language and writing, but besides relying on decrees to promote it, are there other effective means?"

Charles V nodded, thought for a while and asked again.

It seems that it is not difficult to achieve the unification of language and characters in Europe, but it seems that there is no good way to do it.

Because the languages ​​are very similar, they are all written in Latin and alphabet, there are many, many similarities, a bit similar to the rumors in various places in the East.

After you learn English, you can more or less understand some French, Spanish, Italian, etc., and even many words are still the same.

In such a situation, unifying language and writing seems to be a very simple matter, but it seems not to be an easy matter.

"Your Majesty, this requires us to break the blockade and control of power by the great nobles and lords, just like the Ming Empire, and give people in various places the opportunity to participate in the country's major affairs."

"We can follow the example of the Ming Empire, implement the imperial examination system, and select talented people across the country. Regardless of their background, as long as they are talented, they can serve your majesty. In this way, your majesty's rule can be further consolidated."

Alfred remonstrated again.

"I know about the imperial examination. The Ming Empire holds it every three years. Even people from Hong Kong can go to the Ming Empire to take the imperial examination."

When it came to the imperial examination, Charles V also nodded slightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"In the Ming Empire, taking the imperial examinations only depends on whether you are knowledgeable or not, and it never depends on your origin."

"Many people who take the imperial examination are not Han people of the Ming Dynasty, but members of a minority tribe, but as long as they have excellent results in the imperial examination, they can be officials, and even high officials."

"This has greatly consolidated the rule of the Ming Empire in various places, especially some territories newly included in the Ming Empire. The local people have a strong sense of identity with the Ming Empire, and they are all proud of being Ming people. One of the largest The reason is that the Ming Empire treats them equally."

"As long as people from minority tribes learn the language and characters of Ming Dynasty well, they can also take the imperial examination and become officials of Ming Dynasty."

"Take the South Caucasus region that Chen visited as an example. The South Caucasus region originally belonged to the Ottoman Empire and part to the Kingdom of Georgia. The main people here are Caucasians and Georgians."

"However, since this area was brought under the rule of the Ming Empire, the Ming Empire implemented a system of Damingization and Sinicization here, requiring locals to learn Chinese, write Chinese characters, change Chinese surnames, and so on."

"At first, everyone was not very happy, but the Ming Empire treated them equally, and the locals could also take the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty. There were also a few great talents who were reused by the court, which made the locals very fast. Strong centripetal force and sense of identity."

"Just over 20 years ago, people in the South Caucasus no longer think of themselves as Caucasians or Georgians. They all call themselves Ming people, speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, and celebrate Ming festivals."

"When I returned to Spain from Daming, I passed through the South Caucasus region. I have a deep understanding and feeling about this."

"The local people don't think they are outsiders. They all say they are Ming people, because they feel that they are indeed citizens of the Ming Empire. Although they have some differences in appearance from the Han people, they are the same in every aspect."

"They can take the imperial examinations and become officials of the Ming Empire. The current Emperor of Ming has also conferred several local beauties as concubines, and a prince of their blood was born."

"Not only the South Caucasus region, but also the Eastern European region, which was originally the territory of the Slavs and Tatars, and it has only been about ten years since the Ming people occupied it."

"But now the Slavs in Eastern Europe basically no longer believe in God. They have converted to Buddhism and Taoism like the Ming people, and basically changed their names and surnames. They are the same as the Ming people in every way. "

"All of this is also because the people of Ming Dynasty have been committed to promoting their own language, writing and culture, and at the same time, they have also absorbed elites from various places to join them. In this way, the Ming Empire's control over these new territories will be extremely firm. "

"The original people in these territories are also becoming more and more solidarity and cohesion towards the Ming Empire, and they gradually regard themselves and pride as Daming people!"

Alfred sighed again and again while speaking.

Compared with the Ming Empire, it’s not that Europe has never been unified, like Spain and Portugal have also been unified at times, but these two big fart countries, even if they were united together, soon split up up.

There is also the British Isles, the unification is a big place, even if they are united together, they will soon be divided again.

On the other hand, the Ming Empire is so vast and huge, but it will not be divided, and even if it is divided, it will be united again soon.

There is an extremely stark contrast between the two.

This is the fundamental difference between Eastern and Western cultures.

"I see!"

After listening carefully, Charles V finally understood a little bit. How did the Ming Empire become stronger and stronger? With such a huge territory, why didn't it split?

This territory has already reached the European side, spanning the entire Eurasian continent, as well as the Golden Continent, Australia and other regions. Instead of being divided because of its large territory, the Ming Empire has become larger and larger. It's getting stronger and stronger.

"In this case, our Spanish Empire must be like the Ming Empire, not only to promote Spanish and characters, but also to employ a large number of talents from all over the world, so that we can unite."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"In addition, Your Majesty, you should recruit concubines from all over the world, such as the Netherlands, which has always been alienated from Spain, and is not willing to follow us in Spain."

"I think that we should first focus on unifying the Netherlands, promoting Spanish and writing in the Netherlands, and appointing some talented people from the Netherlands."

"At the same time, His Majesty should donate noble women from the Netherlands as concubines, and use this method to win over the hearts of the people in the Netherlands. Of course, for those who don't want to follow us, you don't have to be polite, just eradicate them, so that we can Like the Ming Empire, a unified and powerful empire has truly been established, and it will prosper for a long time."

Alfred nodded solemnly. He had focused on learning these things on the side of the Ming Empire, and gained a lot of experience from it.

(End of this chapter)